Hope For Film
Ted Hope, Entertainment Strategy Guy, Evan Shapiro, Courtney Romano, Vanessa Hope, Dan Sickles, Elizabeth Joyce, The Popcorn List, dpop studios, James Schamus, AS Hamrah, Filmmaker Magazine, The Capital Cut, Chloe LizotteExploring how we make good movies—and good creative lives—possible... for ever and ever and ever.
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The Most Dangerous Advice in Indie / NonDē Filmmaking
I was standing there covered in mud, soaked to the skin, two hours behind on the only day we had permission to film at this location. And all I could think was that somewhere out there, someone was posting an inspirational reel telling me t...
Gaslit: "Even though the film is U.S.‑focused, these are the same fights people are experiencing everywhere!"
In this vHopeful Conversations episode, filmmaker Katie Camosy joins me to talk about her new Greenpeace‑backed documentary GASLIT, which follows Jane Fonda, Connie Britton, and Maggie Rogers through Texas and the Gulf South as they bear wi...
the $100,000 confession that changed how I see filmmaking
Watching a film becomes a completely different experience when its creator has already told you where it fails.
This is another “classic” HFF takeover. Sophie published this initially on April 3, 2025 and now HopeForFilm brings it to the “...
The Ten Governing Principles That Made My Film Career
Pt 2 Of "The Case For Hope For Film -- Optimism For Cinema"
Last Wednesday I shared with you the first twenty percent of the talk I had planned for Tribeca. It was fortunate; my brother in-law was getting married to his long term sweethear...
Happy Fathers Day (and a 50% off HFF Discount)
this is me yesterday. how can I not celebrate this life we’ve been gifted? (photo by Vanessa Hope)
I’ve never been one much for holidays — or rather I wish they were ever day.
I feel we should give gifts when they are least expected (or...
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A producer on over 70 films, studio exec on over 60, Ted launched Amazon’s foray into feature film production. His memoir/handbook "HopeForFilm" is available for your reading pleasure.
A former exec at a streaming company, the EntStratGuy provides regular thoughts and analysis on the business, strategy and economics of entertainment. I write for my newsletter and am a columnist at The Ankler.
Media's Official Unofficial Cartographer
Writing, directing, & producing NonDē films. Organizing the NonDē 50 Films Project, contributing to FilmStack Daily Digest, and making my feature directorial debut in 2026.
Documentary & fiction films. Director, producer. INVISIBLE NATION on PBS this May! LOVE IS A CRIME podcast w Vanity Fair. Host, vHOPEFUL CONVERSATIONS podcast w inspiring filmmakers & authors, wherever you listen & on my husband, Ted Hope’s Substack
friend and storyteller.
Beantown economic sociologist turned screenwriter and producer building alternative business models. Co-founder @ Intrinsic Entertainment Collaborative.
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build better. dpopstudios.com
Filmmaker and professor at Columbia University.
Expect blunt language, specific references when they exist, and a low tolerance for polished stories that cannot survive basic verification.
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